Horse-collar pad



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HORSE COLLAR PAD.

No. 288,141. Patented Nov. 6, 1883.

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JOHANNES wWALLMER, OF MIDDLEBURY, INDIANA.

HORSE-COLLAR PAD.l

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 288,141, dated November6, 1883.

Application filed August 29,1883. (No model.)

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Beit known that I, JOHANNES WALLnnn, a citizen of the United States,residing at Middlebury, in the countyof Elkhart and State of Indiana,have invented certain new and useful improvements in Horsc- CollarAttachments; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which Vit appcrtains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or gures ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a side view of myinvention with the metal braces removed. Fig. 2 is a top View of thesame. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken through. one of thepads. Fig. 4 is a ytransverse sectional view taken through one of thepads with the metal braces applied; and Fig. 5 is a side view of Imyinvention, showing the same applied to the neck of a horse.

. attachments to be used with the horse-collar .l in cases where theneck of the horse has become galled or sore, toallow the horse to workin harness, and at the same time to permit the' galled or sore part toheal without being irritated by the touch of the collar; and it consistsinthe construction and novel arrangement of devices, as will behereinafter fully described, and particularly point-ed out in the claimappended.

The attachment may be made of either wood metal and wood, or leather andmetal, as may be preferred.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, c designates the yokeof the attach? ment, which is provided with two transverse lateralslots, b b, between its ends, andan elongated recess, c, in its underface, forming padseats d d at the ends of the yoke. To these pad-seatsare secured the pads e e, which may be of zinc, wood, or leather,concavo-con veX and rounded in forni to iit the neck of the horse ateach side of the sore or galled part.

The pads may be secured to the yoke .by screws or otherwise, and whenmade of leather are strengthened by curved metal braces f f, as shown.

To attach the device to the collar, the tcp collar-straps are passedthrough the lateral slots in the yoke and buckled, and when in place onthe animal will prevent the collar from touching and irritating the soreor galled part, as the pads and yoke bridge the collar over it. Thepads, when applied,assume a position transverse to the collar, butlongitudi nal to the neck of the animal.

The device is cheap, simple, and effective, and is admirably adapted tothe purpose for which it is intended.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The horse-collar attachment consisting of the yoke c, having thetransverse lateral slots b b between its ends, the elongated recess c inits under face, and the pad-seats d d at its ends, in' combination withthe concavo-convex and rounded pads e c, secured to the pad-seats, asshown, the whole adapted to be applied to a horse-collar, substantiallyas specified.

In testimony whereof l my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHANNES YALLMER.

'Witnessesz THEO. T. EVANS, WILBnn L. SrcNn.

